African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Osilinus R. A. Philippi, 1847

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Osilinus R. A. Philippi, 1847

Osilinus turbinatus (Born, 1778)
Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 22 mm).

AphiaID

138594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138594)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Phorcus Risso, 1826

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cantharidinae J. E. Gray, 1857

Original name

Osilinus R. A. Philippi, 1847

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Species Osilinus atratus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Phorcus atratus (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Osilinus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778)
Species Osilinus turbinatus (Born, 1778) accepted as Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Philippi, R. A. (1847). Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung des Geschlechtes Trochus. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4: 3-11, 17-26., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291997
page(s): 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Osilinus R. A. Philippi, 1847. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138594 on 2026-06-30

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Osilinus R. A. Philippi, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138594 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-16 07:42:42Z

checked

Wambiji, Nina

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-04 21:42:28Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-11-19 01:15:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-03-27 21:10:19Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2020-04-13 21:38:42Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2023-01-05 07:58:23Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2023-02-28 12:49:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Philippi, R. A. (1847). Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung des Geschlechtes Trochus. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4: 3-11, 17-26., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291997
page(s): 20 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Donald, K. M.; Kennedy, M.; Spencer, H. G. (2005). The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37: 474-483., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790305001375 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Donald, K. M., Preston, J., Williams, S. T., Reid, D. R., Winter, D., Alvarez, R., Buge, B., Hawkins, S. J., Templado, J. & Spencer, H. G. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships elucidate colonization patterns in the intertidal grazers Osilinus Philippi, 1847 and Phorcus Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62(1): 35–45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.002 [details]

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Osilinus turbinatus (Born, 1778)
Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 22 mm).

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